Refrigerator car floor rack and gutter construction



y 1950 E. s. CISCO 2,509,961

REFRIGERATOR CAR FLOOR RACK AND GUTTER CONSTRUCTION Filed Sept. 8, 1945 Q q IN V EN TOR.

Patented May 30, 1950 NIIED MSFIAJTES r REFRIGERATOR CAEFLOORRA'CKAND "GUTTER CONSTRUCTION "'"ware Application September 8; "1945; Serial No. 615,186

at substantially .the juncture V of themfloor with l each; side wall said, gutter.lpreferablywinclining 1;.in x ippositeldirections toward; a drain etc. i carry i'iliquid, accumulating; inv the gutter: outside. .of the .car. ,One'sider wallaoflthe= gutteriiscformed. so

3 ;that..-it mayabe conveniently joined .to the slower edgetof aifl uersheetaand form a watertight joint. The floor rack for such cars comprises a plurality of preferably:transverse'stringers extending from 7 side to side .of the car, to which are. attached a "plurality "of longitudinally disposed {spaced slats" extending from end to end of the car and forming the lading supporting floor. Said racks are usually hinged to the can-so that they-may be m-raisedeagainst the siderwallsi to therebys-permit acleaningeof the floor as byilushing with a hose;

or otherwise, as preferred. Due to high speed of cars, rough roadbed, etc., it sometimes happens that water collecting in the gutter is thrown toward the interior of the car and it splashes up through the space between the slats t the lading resting thereon, thereby damaging said lading.

The principal object of the invention is to so form the gutter and the edges of the floor rack slats so that any surging of the liquid collecting in the gutter cannot splash therefrom through the rack into the lading compartment.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description thereof.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application and wherein like reference characters indicate like parts.

The figure is a vertical transverse cross section through the adjacent parts of the wall and floor of a railway refrigerator car embodying my invention.

In the drawing the usual parts of a railway refrigerator car are shown, such as the side sill I; floor rack 2, supported on preferably 2 x 4 stringers 3, to provide a space 4 between said rack and the floor proper, it being understood that the racks are made in sections and of approximately 1 x 4 lumber spaced obout apart for convenience in handling.

The side wall comprises outside sheathing 5; outer posts 6; insulation 1; a plurality of spaced 2 wvertically disposed: ducts orflues .8 spacedalnner posts aand inner lining ill-secured toisaidvposts win any cceptable: manner. ii'I'heside wallcislthus sadapted for. use .with overhead. bunkers, ltha. side i 5 wall fiues B-conducting chilledvairlfromla refrigerant compartment .adjacentfithe car roof towthe lspace l-between the floor andfloor racki2.

Thefloor of lthe carcomprises a metallic sheet a 12; sub-floor J3; insulation material {4 andlower lu -metallic sheet 45. A gutter. I1 is formed inlthe floor of plateimaterial andiis located atthe junciture :ofithe floorland well. fisaid gutter .l! is providedwithaan outer wall 18 which extendsrupwardly and inwardly, andlthel upperedgeoi which Minis-turned: upwardly (and outwardly forming a flange! 9 (which underlaps .the lowerv edge'illl of the sheetiformingltheifiue 8 and is secured therevto,-,-..as by welding-v 2 l a The inner wall 22- of: the 1 gutter I L is also inclined upwardly and inwardly ZOO-and provided with a laterallyv extending-flange 23 whichunderlaps floorsheet I 2V and is secured theretmlas bylwelding 2.4. Thus both walls of the a, guttenw-are substantially parallel and-,upwardly andl inwardly inclined; Pas clearlylshown iin the wi hdrawing.WGuttenlL alsc preferably -inclinesj in opposite directions longitudinally toward a drain 25 for conducting moisture from said gutter outside of the car. It is thus evident that if any water in the gutter is thrown therefrom, because of the aforesaid service movements of the car, it would be thrown upwardly and inwardly due to the inclination of the side walls of the gutter.

It will be noted that the adjacent edges of the outer few slats 30 of the rack are trimmed so that they incline about 60 downwardly and inwardly, or in other words, opposite to the inclination of the walls I8 and 22 of the gutter l1. Thus any water from gutter H which might possibly be thrown upwardly and inwardly against the lower surface of slats 30 because of surging due to service movements of the car, obviously would not change its course to an upward and outward direction in order to pass through the inclined openings between said slats 30 and, consequently, would be confined to the space 4 and flow downwardly on floor sheet l2 to the gutter and ultimately to drain 25 and outside of the car.

It is necessary to provide a space 3| of approximately 1" in width between the lining I0 and outermost slat 30 to provide room for the rack to pivot on its hinge upwardly against said lining, but the inclination of the walls I8 and 22 of the gutter I1 is also such that surging of liquid in said gutter would be deflected inwardly of said opening 3| and not pass therethrough.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof, within the scope of the claims, will occur to persons skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. In a refrigerator car having a wall, a flue associated with said wall, a main floor having a gutter arranged to receive liquid from said'flue, and a lading supporting floor spaced above said main floor wherein said gutter is provided with an upwardly and inwardly inclined side and said lading supporting floor having apertures therein for circulation of air therethrough, said apertures being inclined downwardly and inwardly so that water in said gutter surging against said inclined side of the gutter will not splash through said apertures.

2. In a refrigerator car having a wall, a flue -associated with said wall, a main floor having a gutter arranged to receive liquid from said flue,

wardly inclined outer side, the inclination of said gutter wall being such that water in said gutter surging against said inclined side of the gutter [will not splash through the space between the load supporting floor and said wall.

3. In a refrigerator car having a main floor having a gutter and a lading supporting floor spaced above said main floor wherein said gutter is provided with an upwardly and inwardly inclined side and said lading supporting floor having apertures therein for circulation of air therethrough, said apertures being inclined downwardly and inwardly so that water in said gutter surging against said inclined side of the gutter will not splash through said apertures. v

4. In a refrigerator car having a wall, a main floor having a gutter and a lading supporting floor said wall; wherein said gutter is provided with 4. an upwardly and inwardly inclined outer side, the inclination of said gutter wall being such that water in said gutter surging against said inclined side of the gutter will be directed away from the space between the lading supporting floor and said wall.

5. In a refrigerator car having a wall, a main floor and a lading supporting floor spaced above said main floor wherein said wall adjacent said floor is upwardly and inwardly inclined and said lading supporting floor having apertures therein for circulation of air therethrough, said apertures being inclined downwardly and inwardly so that water on said floor surging against said inclined part of said wall will not splash through 7 said apertures.

6. In a refrigerator car having a wall, a main floor having a gutter and a lading supporting floor spaced above said main floor and wherein said gutter is provided, with upwardly and inwardly inclined sides and said lading supporting floor having downwardly and inwardly inclined apertures therein for circulation of air therethrough so that waterin said gutter surging against said inclined sides of the gutter will not splash through said apertures.

7. In a refrigerator car having a wall, a main fioor and a lading supporting floor spaced above said main floor and spaced from said wall wherein a portion of said wall adjacent said main floor is upwardly and inwardly inclined, the inclination of said portion being such that water on said floor surging against said inclined portion of said wall will be directed away from thespace between the lading supporting floor and the wall.

EDWARD S. CISCO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,245,529 Lundvall H June 10, 1941 2,256,376 Bonsall Sept. 16, 1941 

